Take everything with you, anytime

The problem

Many apps promise "your data is yours" and then, when you try to download it, they hand you a cryptic 200MB JSON with internal field names, no images, no structure. Technically they complied. In practice, what you take is useless.

What Anecdotario does

You go to /settings/export and request everything. Anecdotario builds you a zip with this:

• Anecdotes in Markdown — one file per anecdote, with frontmatter (chapter, date, people, place). Open any of them with a text editor and it's understandable.
• Audios in MP3 — every recording you made, with readable names (2024-03-12_anecdote-of-my-dad-at-the-asado.mp3).
• Photos in their original format (JPEG/PNG/HEIC), with EXIF metadata preserved.
• People and relationships in a simple JSON — the graph rebuilds in any tool.
• Generated compositions (books, podcasts, stories) in their final formats — EPUB, PDF, MP3.
• Chests received and sent — with dedications, dates, associated anecdotes.

No conditions

• No need to cancel the account to request the export. You request it whenever, while you're still using the app.
• No artificial limits. No "up to 50 anecdotes per month" or "wait 24 hours". The zip builds in minutes.
• No retention chatbot. If after the export you want to cancel, it's one more click. We don't intercept you.

Why it matters

Real portability is what separates "keeping your story with us" from "being trapped with us". If in five years a better app appears, you want to be able to move. And if you want to print your corpus on paper and bury the digital archive — that's also yours.

Export isn't a favor we do you. It's the default. It's what makes Anecdotario a place worth trusting.